Pine Hawk: Beaver Brook Valley Preserve Presentations

The presentations at this event will describe some of Boxborough’s pre-history and will also provide helpful context for those who also sign up for the George Krusen Memorial Boxborough Esker walk at 1PM later that day. Geologist Britt Argow will discuss not only how the local landscape developed over millions of years but also how Boxborough’s esker was sculpted much more recently in the last Ice Age. Local historian and author Brent Ranalli will provide an overview of the local Native American cultural history – especially the critical contact period when Europeans arrived three centuries ago. Rita Grossman, the Boxborough Conservation Trust’s president, will note how George Krusen’s efforts were key to protecting this significant geological feature from being fully excavated for gravel to build I-495.